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... / 260 / Belome Hill / 262, Skelsmore Fell on right /
... / 263, Banesdale Horse / ... 265 / Horse House / a
Bridge / ... / 270 / Stone heap on right / 271 / Green holm
on left / 272 / Shap / 273 ... 275 / Thrumby / 276 ... 279 /
280, Clifton Chap on left / 281 / over Lowther Flu. / Broom
Castle on right / Emon Br over Eden Flu / enter Cumberland /
282 / Penrith note the two vertical ?stones drawn by the
church / 283 ... 287 Lasenby and [Saufell] / 288, Englewood
Forrest on both sides, 292 / Hesket / 293 / Wa[r] Hesket /
294 ... 298 / Carlton / 299 / Burraby / 300 / CARLISLE, with
town walls, castle and cathedral, entering by English Gate.
Eden Flu. and Stanwick Chapel
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Penrith which in the British Tongue signifies Red head,
because ye Soil round about it & ye Stone of which it is
built are Reddish. The Town is large & well Built, esteemed
the Second in the County for Trade. The Church is a very
Spacious & Fine Structure, remarkable for a Latin
Inscription on the North outside of ye Vestry Wall,
Signifying yt in the Year 1508 there was a raging Plague in
this County which Destroyed grt. Numbers of People in this &
ye Adjacent Towns, of wch. our Historians take not the least
Notice. In King Henry 8ths. time it was Honoured with ye
Title of a Suffragan Bishop. In ye Church Yard on ye North
Side of ye Church, are 2 large Pillars, about 4 Yards high,
and 5 Yards distant, which as ye Tradition goes, were
erected in Memory of one Sr. Owen Casarins Kt. a famous
Warriour of Old, of great Strength & Stature, who Lived in
these parts & Killed wild Bears &c. He was Buryed here & (as
tis related) was of that vast extent as to reach from one
Pillar to ye other. Tis further Added that ye Rude Figures
of Bears wrought in Stone & placed on each side his Grave,
are in Memory of his great exploits. The West Side of this
Town is fortified wth. a Royal Castle. The Market House is a
large & Comodious building, Beautifyed with Bears Climbing
up a ragged Staff, the device of the Earls of Warwick. Here
are 2 Charity Schools, the one for 20 Boys, & the other for
30 Girls, Maintained by 55 pound per Annum, ye endowment of
one Mr. Robinson a Citizen of London & ye Sacrament Money &
Parish Stock. Weekly Markets Tuesday for Corn &c. & a very
great one for Cattle on ye Sam. Day every fortnight from
Whitsunday to August [1st]
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